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What Do Handmade Soap, Recycled Tires, And Yoga Have In Common With Coca Cola And Walmart?

Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 06.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Green, Business, Inner Life, Living, Coca-Cola, Stock Portfolio, Self Worth, Soap, Economic Crisis, Self Confidence, Lohas, Coke, Recession, Wal-Mart, Living News
Ed and Deb Shapiro

A shift is now taking place in the way we live that is affecting us all. It asks us to reconsider what our priorities are, who we want to share our li...

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Quitting Soda Cold Turkey

Jerusha Klemperer | Posted 06.04.2009 | Living

Read More: The Atlantic Monthly, Coca-Cola, Nutrition, Soda, New York Times, Cancer, Diet Coke, Nutrasweet, Living News
Jerusha Klemperer

This is my coming out party. I, um, drink soda. Specifically, Diet Coke. Sometimes I manage to quit, but then I always come a'crawlin' back.

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Brazil Passionate to Host 2016 Olympics

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 06.03.2009 | World

Read More: Brasil, 2016 Olympics, Rio, Terrorism, Brazil, United Nations Security Council, Imc, Obama, Spain, International Olympic Committee, Sports Marketing, Kroll, Madrid, Chicago, Geopolitics+Sports, Tourist Crime, Giuliani, Coca Cola, Japan, Ioc, China, Fifa, World Cup, Havelange, London, World News
Eric Ehrmann

The International Olympic Selection Committee just completed a week long visit to Rio and prospects seem good that the Olympics will come to South America for the first time.

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Pepsi Suing Coca-Cola Over Powerade Ads

AP | EMILY FREDRIX | Posted 05.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Coca-Cola, Pepsi Coke, Powerade Commercial, Coke Pepsi, Coke, Pepsi, Pepsi Suing Coca-Cola, Pepsi Suing Coke, Business News

MILWAUKEE — PepsiCo Inc. sued rival Coca-Cola Co. on Monday over ads for a new version of Coca-Cola's sports drink Powerade, saying the campaign...

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Passover Facts: 6 Things You Didn't Know About Passover

David Weiner | Posted 06.17.2009 | New York

Read More: Jews, Jewish Holidays, New York-New York, Judaism, Interesting Passover Facts, Passover Seder Haggadah, Passover Traditions, Kathmandu-Nepal, Seder, Kosher Coke, Seder Dinner, Haggadah, Passover Seder, Kosher for Passover, Nepal, Interesting Facts About Passover, Abraham Lincoln, World's Largest Seder, Coca Cola, Passover Facts, Passover, Gefilte Fish, Passover Holiday, Facts About Passover, Fun Passover Facts, Passover Coca Cola, New York News
David Weiner

If you want to impress your Jewish friends with some cool Passover facts, or if you need some good lines to break the ice with at your Seder, this is for you.

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China, Coca-Cola Deal Blocked Under Chinese Monopoly Law

Bloomberg | Dune Lawrence | Posted 04.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Coca-Cola China, Coca-Cola, China Coca-Cola, China Monopoly, China Monopoly Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola China Monopoly, China, Business News

March 18 (Bloomberg) -- China's rejection of Coca-Cola Co.'s $2.3 billion bid to buy China Huiyuan Juice Group Ltd. is the first denial of an acquisit...

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An Open Response to "an Open Letter to Shashi Tharoor"

Shashi Tharoor | Posted 03.29.2009 | World

Read More: India, Coca-Cola, Tharoor, Polution, Shashi Tharoor, Foundation, Kerala, Shashi, World News
Shashi Tharoor

Let me add with a heavy heart how much I deplore both the content and tone of your letter. It is tragic that actions such as yours ensure that politics overrides the genuine needs of the people.

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India: Cow Urine Soft Drink, Gau Jal, To Be Launched As Coke Alternative

Huffington Post | Jessica Gusman | Posted 03.14.2009 | World

Read More: Cow Urine, Hindu, Coca-Cola, Soft Drinks, Hinduism, India, Cows, Cow Urine Soft Drink, Asia, Cow Beverage, Pepsi, World News

India's Hindu nationalist movement is working on creating a new soft drink to rival Coca-Cola and Pepsi. The main ingredient? Cow urine. The Time...

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Coca-Cola Removing "Classic" From Coke Label

New York Times | Stephanie Clifford | Posted 03.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Coke Can, Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola Classic, Coke Can Label, Coke, Business News

After 24 years, one of the most famous blunders in marketing history is quietly coming to end. The Coca-Cola Company is dropping the "Classic" from i...

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What Is Addiction?

Stanton Peele | Posted 03.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Senate Bill 1011, Smoking, Nida, Drugs, Joe Biden, Heroin, Coffee, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Prescription Painkillers, Nora Volkow, Coca-Cola, Slate.com, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Cigarettes, Crack Cocaine, Oxycontin, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Prescription Drugs, Cocaine, Niaaa, Addiction, Living News
Stanton Peele

Addiction is a nasty business which enslaves people. But if you're going to target that practice, then you'd better come and take all the coffee and Diet Coke the office.

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Interview: Singer/Songwriter Lizzy Grant on Cheap Thrills, Elvis, The Flamingos, Trailer Parks, and Coney Island

Felicia C. Sullivan | Posted 02.20.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Lizzy Grant, Kill Kill, Coney Island, Music, American, American Flags, Las Vegas, Billie Holiday, Songs, Entertainment, Brooklyn, The Beach Boys, Roller Coasters, Beauty, New York, New York City, Pop Music, Rock Music, Interviews, Jazz, Cat Power, Beaches, Amusement Parks, Boardwalk, Singing, Coca Cola, Beach Boys, Aimee Mann, Nick Cave, Entertainment News
Felicia C. Sullivan

Lizzy Grant: I like things that go fast, things with bright colors, things that taste good. At Coney Island, you can get a Coca Cola, ride the roller coaster, and watch everybody.

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Coke Opening World's Largest Bottle-To-Bottle Recycling Plant

greenbiz.com | Marc Gunther | Posted 02.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Bottle-to-Bottle Recycling, Recycling, Coca-Cola, Pet, World's Largest Bottle Recycling Plant, Green Business, Green Technology, Green News

Here's how it will work, as explained by Scott: A separate recycling company, led by Coca-Cola Enteprises, the world's biggest Coke bottler (don't ask...

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Holiday Myths Debunked

Los Angeles Times | Thomas H. Maugh II | Posted 01.19.2009 | Style

Read More: Holiday Myths, Holiday Season, Coca Cola, Poinsettias, Christmas, Style News

Contrary to popular belief, poinsettias are not toxic to people or animals, suicides do not increase over the Christmas holidays, and sugar does not m...

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The Next Green Thing: "Water Neutrality"

Alex Pasternack | Posted 12.29.2008 | Green

Read More: Recycling, Coca-Cola, Water Neutrality, Water, Green, Sustainability, Green Living, Green News
Alex Pasternack

The term Coca-Cola is using for its goals -- "water neutrality" -- which was coined at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002, is, well, quite slippery.

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Brand Strength Now Reliant On Green Action

GreenBiz | Posted 10.23.2008 | Green

Read More: Mcdonalds, Best Global Brands Report, Microsoft, Ge, Coca-Cola, Nokia, Intel, Disney, Toyota, Green Living, Green Business, Ibm, Google, Green News

LONDON, UK -- Successful sustainability initiatives have become a key component of global firms' brand strength, according to the consultancy behind t...

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Coca-Cola Makes Buys Chinese Juicemaker Huiyuan, Strengthens Position In Growing Market

AP | JEREMIAH MARQUEZ | Posted 10.04.2008 | Business

Read More: China, Coca-Cola, Huiyuan, Coca-Cola China, China Growing Market, Soda Wars China, Business News

HONG KONG — The Coca-Cola Co., the world's biggest beverage company, moved to expand its operations in the fast-growing Chinese market Wednesday...

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Green Edge 7 - Bottled Water and the Fiji Flap

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 09.28.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Pepsi, Fiji Water, Bottled Water, France, Coca-Cola, Aquafina, Cadbury Schweppes, Mexico, Evian, Brazil, Perrier, Dasani, Pet, Green News
John Tepper Marlin

The Fiji flap is a surreal poster-child for the global trafficking in bottled water. Ten local bottlers (#1 is Fiji Water) fill Chinese-manufactured b...

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Olympic Sponsors: For the Chinese, Winners and Losers

Tom Doctoroff | Posted 09.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Ge, Coca-Cola, Li Ning, Visa, Nike, Olympic Sponsorship, Beijing Olympics, Budweiser, Coke, Olympic Marketing, Yang Yuan Xiang, McDonald's, Business News, Adidas, Olympics, Anta, Business News
Tom Doctoroff

As the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing has come to a close, all eyes are on return on investment. Were the millions of dollars forked out by both international and local brands worth it?

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Coca-Cola Fined For Dumping Industrial Waste In Colombia

Treehugger | Paula Alvarado | Posted 09.14.2008 | Green

Read More: Colombia, Colombia Pollution, Coca-Cola, Pollution, Industria Nacional De Gaseosas, Green News

Industria Nacional de Gaseosas, a subsidiary of the biggest bottler of Coca-Cola trademark beverages in Latin America (Coca-Cola FEMSA), has been fine...

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Coca-Cola To Start Using Hybrid Trucks

Miami Herald | JOHN DORSCHNER | Posted 08.05.2008 | Green

Read More: Coca-Cola Green Trucks, Environment, Coca-Cola Hybrid Trucks, Coca-Cola, Cars, Green News

While other companies are shying away from the considerable costs involved, Coca-Cola announced Monday it is rolling out 10 heavy-duty hybrid trucks i...

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Clipped Roman Coins and Shrunken Coke Cans

Max Keiser | Posted 08.02.2008 | Business

Read More: Roman Coins, Starbucks, Empire, McDonald's, Coca-Cola, Loss of Empire, Inflation, Rome, Economy, Business News
Max Keiser

The Romans had a gold-backed currency that they physically needed to shrink to engineer empire-killing inflation. In America, the government, not having a gold-backed currency, just prints more worthless paper.

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Why No 'Save our Happy Meals' Campaign?

Max Keiser | Posted 08.01.2008 | Business

Read More: Starbucks, Coca-Cola, McDonadl's, Wal-Mart, Dubai, Dick Cheney, Business News
Max Keiser

Starbucks and McDonald's are becoming like Louis Vuitton and Gucci in America, luxury brands that only those who are not poisoned with toxic dollars in their pocket can afford.

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Hear Today, Gone Tomorrow

Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.25.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: John Mellencamp, Sergio Mendes, Carole King, Paul McCartney, Starbucks Coffee, Cocnord Records, Coca Cola, Music News, Miles Davis, Gwen Stefani, Charlie Brown, The Beatles, Vince Guraldi, Starbucks Closing, John Coltrane, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Carly Simon, Banana Republic, Coldplay, Business News, Capitol Records, Joni Mitchell, Toby Keith, Zero Mostel, Hear Music, Starbucks, Sheila Weller, James Taylor, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

When it was announced that 600 Starbucks outlets were closing, the music business shared the hit: less stores, less counter and display space, less product, less revenue.

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The Triumph of the Normal: Overwhelming Olympic Imagery Swamps Dissonant Voices

Monroe Price | Posted 07.23.2008 | Business

Read More: Coca Cola, Coke, Beijing, Olympics, Omnicom, Olympic Advertising, Business News
Monroe Price

A bonanza of advertising narratives, hardly critical of China, are now about to appear globally -- including ads illustrating how Coca Cola connects China benevolently to other cultures by using the Olympics as a bridge.

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Beer Environmentalism: Sapporo To Help Drinkers Understand Impact

My Green Element | Stefan Deeran | Posted 07.03.2008 | Green

Read More: Coca-Cola, Sapporo Environment, Sapporo, Beer, Sustainable Drinking, Environment, Japan, Green Beer, Green News

According to Environmental Leader, next year, Sapporo, a Japanese beer company, will start labeling its beer bottles with the amount of carbon emissio...

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